Adventist Women Clergy: Their Call and Experiences: Part 2

This article describes “what happened” to the female pastors whose ministry experiences were reported in the previous JACL issue. Today, only one remains in pastoral ministry. Others are experiencing their “call” in new situations or are retired. They describe challenges related to gender as well as supports. Ordination did not dominate the interviews although the women were clearly disappointed by the vote against ordination of women in pastoral ministry at the General Conference session of the Seventh-day Adventist church in July 2015

The Veterans Memorial Field House in Huntington, W.Va.: A History

“When Ernie Salvatore sat at ring side on fight night. When the crowd noise could be heard all the way across the street in the parking lot of the B & B Super Market. When brightly colored spotlights chased the stars of Holiday on Ice around the rink, and the “Clown Prince” of basketball, Meadowlark Lemon, and the Harlem Globetrotters entertained children of every age. It was a place where families went ice skating, elephants occupied center ring, and the latest fashion in automobiles covered the entire floor in 1957.” Writer Clyde Beal recounted these vivid memories of Huntington’s Veterans Memorial Field House more than 50 years after the fact, testimony to the building’s impact on the River City and its residents.1 Events such as these are etched in people’s memories. Most people who grew up in Huntington or attended Marshall University (formerly Marshall College) between 1950 and 2012 have vivid recollections of the arena at the corner of 26th Street and 5th Avenue. In nearly 62 years, millions of people filed through the building’s doors. The Field House was much more than just a basketball arena or recreation center, though; it was an iconic symbol of people’s childhoods and college careers. And, for one heartbreaking but poignant night, it helped pull together a community in mourning the worst tragedy in the city’s history

Adventist Women Clergy: Their Call and Experience

Around the world, Seventh-day Adventist women are serving in pastoral ministry. however, little research has been conducted about the calling and experiences of these women. this article shares the stories of 11 Adventist women pastors in North America, including their call to ministry, mentoring, their experiences as mothers, how they differ from their male colleagues, challenges they face, why they consider leaving pastoral ministry, and why they choose to stay

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Laboratory Surveillance and Mortality in Nebraska, 2016 – 2021

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common respiratory virus affecting children and adults. The United States RSV peak season occurs regularly between October to May, but in April 2021, an unexpected United States interseason RSV epidemic ensued. RSV laboratory testing has changed in the United States due to increased use of nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) rather than antigen-based testing, affecting how RSV seasonal epidemics are determined. Nebraska linked RSV laboratory and death certificate data (2016-2021) were used to calculate crude, specific and adjusted RSV case and mortality rates by age, sex, race, and ethnicity. A Cochran – Armitage test for trend examined changes in RSV testing type across the surveillance period to determine Nebraska RSV test type changes compared to the United States. Very low RSV mortality across the surveillance period and high cases rates in 2020 and 2021. This is the first multiyear report of Nebraska RSV descriptive epidemiological trends during the COVID-19 pandemic

Criminal Procedure Survey

This is the published version

Ableism in Education: Professor Perpetuation of Disability Discrimination Through Accommodation Non-Compliance

This proposed study aims to explore factors that may decrease professor compliance with their disabled students’ documented academic accommodations, including pre-existing ableist beliefs held by professors, race of the disabled student, and visibility of the student’s disability. Participants will consist of undergraduate professors from colleges and universities across the United States, varying in size and geographical location. Participants will complete scales to assess their ableist beliefs, and will be asked to report their likelihood of complying with, or fully meeting, various disabled students’ documented accommodations. It is expected that results will reveal that professors who hold more ableist beliefs tend to be less likely to fully comply with a disabled student’s academic accommodations, and that participants will report the least likelihood of full compliance with academic accommodations for Black disabled students and students with non-apparent disabilities. This proposed study may add to the currently scarce pool of psychological research about ableism and disability discrimination. Results of this proposed study may increase societal understanding of and awareness about disability discrimination within the United States higher education system, and may lead to salient social change to solve this injustice